Cutting Down Alcohol Thread

AnnieG

I'll go for 3 on the SNC this week please ��

maman

Just calling by to catch up. No more AFDs to report.


Just wanted to say a great big thank you for this thread. All of us!:T


Sorry to hear about your sister Shaggy but pleased for you (and her) that she's out of hospital for now.:)


Well done for getting a job annie.:T It's better than nothing and hopefully something else will turn up in 2019.


Hope you're feeling a bit better fatrab.


Thanks for your post HB. Your description of Christmas Past is very sobering.:(


I've got a very social week coming up but hope to get off the mark on Tuesday.:)

shaggydoo

Annie /3

Maggie /4

Shaggy /5

Tammy /5

Anybody else?

shaggydoo

December 2018


:santa2:= 7 Days

= 14 Days

= 21 Days


:rudolf:= 28 Days


= 31 Days


= Target Reached


= Target Beaten



AnnieG 2/15

Arkers /TF

Barney /15

BestLifeNow

Billy2Shots

CathyBird 3/21

CuppaTea /16

FabRab /20

Glenda 2/25

GreenKaren

Honey Bear 3/31

MaggieM /14

Maman /10

Miss P

Nicnak 1/20

Pricey /20

S1n25

Season of Mist 3/25

Shaggydoo 1/21

Sukeyboo /10

TammyKitty 1 /20

WannaBeeFree /14





Please let me know if I've made a mistake!

Everyone Welcome Anytime of the Month!

shaggydoo

Roll Up, Roll Up!

It's the Monthlly Challenge !

Set Your TARGET

30 Days up for grabs!

Everyone Welcome!

shaggydoo

November 2018


AnnieG 15/21

Arkers 23/10

Barney 22/21

BestLifeNow 4/30

Billy2Shots

CathyBird 27/21

CuppaTea 19/30

Fabrab 25/26

Glenda 30/25

GreenKaren 30/29

Honey Bear 30/30

MaggieM 15/14

Maman 16/10

Miss P 14/20

Nicnak 23/30

Pricey 24/22

S1n25 12/27

Season of Mist 29/27

Shaggydoo 20/21

Sukeyboo 15/12

TammyKitty 26/27

WannaBeeFree 8/10





Please let me know if I've made a mistake!

Everyone Welcome Anytime of the Month!

shaggydoo

Really sorry the above ^ has got some sort of bug in it; so I've had to delete the smileys to get it to post. Really sorry guys.

Honey_Bear

Sorry to hear your sister is having a horrible time, Shaggy. (((hugs))) This website is obviously having a hissy fit.

cathybird wrote: »

Honey Bear, do you know, the Christmas you've described sounds excessive, but in fact so many people do that on Christmas Day - start drinking really early and then keep right on doing it! I've done it myself more than once (think it can partly depend on who you spend the day with??)

I think my tolerance for alochol is/was quite low because I take a herbal anti-anxiety/anti-depressant because the other three people I spent all those Christmases with didn't do the throwing up bit or go to bed early, but two of them do fall asleep most years watching the Christmas Day Eastenders episode. (Which is understandable in my book, but Debbie really, really loves it, so in her case - not so much.)

I didn't post that because I wanted to, I posted it because it is a very sobering reflection on how I used to live and why I can't afford to think, as I did recently, that I could have a glass of champagne occasionally. I thought that was completely normal because all four of us did it year after year after year. If there aren't any kids involved, I think quite a few people might recognise it. I have to pray no-one with kids has that kind of Christmas, but I'm not that naive.

Huge congratulations Annie G on the job! Most of life's a compromise, and the vast majority of successful job-seekers are those who have a job, or recent work experience. It gives you an income, and it's the start of something,

2/31 please, Shaggy.

AnnieG

Thank you all for the good wishes about the job.

I'm calling 2/15 for December and 1/3 for the SNC. I was fully intending to get a bottle of red to sink tonight, had my shoes on and car keys in my hand to go to the shop and then stopped myself, ran upstairs and put my pyjamas on and felt very pleased that I did so.

HoneyBear that description of Christmas is very close to what I usually do, I've normally got a hangover by about 3pm, so have a snooze and then get up and carry on. Not sure what this year will be like, but I'll try to moderate it a bit.

Season_of_Mist

HB thank you for posting your ‘Christmas past’. I think with drinking, that it is very easy to let it become a routine and I know that if someone asked me, or if I asked myself, ‘Why are you drinking tonight?’ my reply would be ‘Because...that’s what I’ve always done on a Friday night’ (or whatever the occasion might be). The routine itself becomes the motivation and the justification. It’s an insidious thing really.

Still do not know what target to set for Dec. I can’t get out of the family get-togethers and I know they will be stressful and my only way of getting through them will be to open some bottles.

Have to be realistic about this so can I say 17 days AF for December.